That pearl jam apology last month was ridiculous

Everyone is piling on that influencer who made the dumb comment about veterans, but I think the reaction went way too far. She messed up, said something ignorant about military service in a livestream on March 12th, and then posted a 4 minute apology video the next day. Look, I know a few vets from my gym who said they didn't even care about the remark, they were more annoyed that people dug up tweets from 2019 to pile on. It feels like mob justice these days where one mistake gets you dragged for everything you ever said. Her apology seemed genuine to me, she didn't deflect or blame anyone else. Has anyone else noticed that the people calling hardest for cancellations usually have their own past stuff they'd rather not have aired?

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miles7222d ago

The thing nobody's talking about is how the algorithm itself learned to surface those old tweets. Back in 2019 those posts got zero attention, but after the livestream drama, the algorithm knew people would click on them and pushed them to the top of every feed. So it's not even just other users piling on, it's the platform's system that's designed to feed the fire because conflict brings engagement and ad money. Meanwhile the apology video gets buried because it doesn't drive the same outrage clicks. We're all being played by the code behind the screen without realizing it.

henderson.vera22d ago

People still choose what to click on themselves, so we cannot just blame the code for it.